Wagon-seat



(No Model.)

W. 1. HUNT. WAGON SEAT.

No. 442,977. Patented Dec. 16, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM I. HUNT, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

WAGON-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,977, dated December16, 1890.

Application filed July 29,1890. erlal No. 360,269. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM I. HUNT, of South Bend, in the county ofSt. Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new anduseful'Improvement in IVagon-Seats; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form part of this specification, in which- Figure1 is a side elevation of my improved wagon-seat supports. Fig. 2 is afront view thereof. Figs. 3 and at are detail views.

The present invention is an improvement in suspending devices forwagon-seats, and its object is to provide a seat that can be turnedforward, removed from or replaced on the wagon-bod y without unfasteningor loosening of any of the connecting parts; and it consists in noveldevices for suspending the seat on the risers or sides of the body, aswill be clearly understood from the following description and claims.

In the drawings, A designates an ordinary wagon-body, and B B are'F-shaped uprights or risers, the stems of which engage loops C 0,attached to the sides of the body, and are shouldered at b to engage theupper loop and uphold the risers. The horizontal pieces I) Z) of therisers have attached to their upper edges near their rear ends L-shapedstraps D, the extremities of which rise vertically, and near the frontends of these pieces are secured C-straps E, the outer portions of whichcurve upward and inward in C shape, as shown, the free ends of thestraps E nearly impinging against their horizontal portions.

I designates the seat of ordinary form, and G G are elliptical springsattached to the ends thereof, and II are supporting-blocks attached tosaid springs and lying transversely beneath the ends of the seatparallel with the horizontal pieces I) of the risers. To the ends of theblocks H H are connected double an gleirons I J, the former to the rearends, the lat ter to the front ends of the blocks respectively. Theseirons bend down and under the lower edge of the blocks and up beside thesame and outward and down so as to catch over the top edges of piecesI), and are respectively adapted to rest on straps D and E, whichprevent the blocks and seat shifting on the riders either laterally orlongitudinally.

The parts j of irons J that rest upon strap E are thickened andsemi-rounded in cross section, and except when the seat is in a nearlyhorizontal position will not pass between the curved ends of the strapsE and the flat portions thereof, thus constituting a kind of loosehinge, and the rear end of the seat can be lifted and the same swungover as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 1, the parts J and E forming aloose-hinge connection.

\Vhen the seat is horizontal, it can be moved backward so as todisengage irons J and straps E and then removed, but when the seat isdown in. proper position the upturned ends of straps D will prevent theseat slipping backward and the consequent casual disengagement of theparts.

The straps D and E might be secured diu reetly to the sides of the body,but the risers elevate the seat so that it will not ordinarily interferewith the load.

Having described my invention,whatI claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent thereon, is

1. The combination of the seat and the suspending-irons I J with thebody andthe straps D E, all constructed and arranged to operatesubstantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the Lstraps D and C-straps E with the blocksconnected to the seat and the angle-irons I J attached thereto,substantially as described.

3. The combination of the body, the T- shaped risers connected to thesides thereof, and the straps D and E at the front and rear ends of thetop pieces of the risers, with the seat, its springs, blocks H, and thedouble angle-irons I and J, attached to said blocks

